[meteorite-list] Sale - Howardite Blow Out

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 23 14:02:38 2004
Message-ID: <00ea01c4a195$6d8ef160$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

Hi List,

Many will be glad to hear meetings were held in Denver to discuss these very
issues. As I already stated in our auctions and on the List, a secondary
type specimen was submitted and determined to be paired with NWA 1929 by the
same laboratory (NAU). NWA 1929 was still in provisional status at that
time so more weight could be added. The same scientist determined that NWA
1929 was unique enough that there was no question of a pairing and using the
provisional name NWA 1929 was alright in this case because type specimens
were provided. As we also made very clear from the beginning, we requested a
different number and will see if the NomCom adds the weight or uses a new
number already reserved. Everything is by the books, a type specimen was
provided, a NomCom recognized laboratory was hired to study the piece, a
scientific report was submitted and a provisional NWA number was assigned.
There is no double standard here.

The question about what is being done by the IMCA about NWA 1110 and NWA
1877 is simple to answer. There is nothing they can do because the
offending party is not an IMCA member and has no standards or ethics to be
concerned with. What we are doing about is a completely different matter
that will be discussed sometime in the future.

Things are going to change greatly over the next year. Some will enjoy the
changes and others will resist, that's life.

You only live life once so there is no time for a rehearsal, do the best you
can now,

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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites_at_comcast.net
Received on Thu 23 Sep 2004 01:47:42 PM PDT